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HomeMy WebLinkAbout31089 - MINUTES - City Commission w: MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING, CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF DANIA, FLORIDA HELD JANUARY 15 , 1968. The City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida , met in Regular Session in the Commission Room at the City Hall. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Kelly at 8:00 p.m. , and followed by Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Present were: Mayor-Commissioner Robert Kelly Commissioners Boisy N. Waiters Richard Marant Robert Houston Joseph Thornton City Attorney Clarke Walden City Manager Stanley Goldberg Chief of Police Donald Partons Building Inspector Hubert Walker Acting City Clerk Jean Moore Minutes of December 18, 1967. Commissioner Houston noted that in his motion he did not name anyone for Director of Public Works, that he only made a motion that such an office be created. The motion should be rescinded to read that Houston made a motion to create the position of the Office of Public Works . This was se- conded by Commissioner Marant. Voting as follows : Houston yes Marant yes Thornton yes Waiters yes Kelly yes Motion passed. A motion was made by Commissioner Thornton that the minutes of Dec- ember 18 , 1967 , be approved except for his motion concerning office of Public Works . This was seconded by Marant. Voting as follows : Houston yes Marant yes Thornton yes Waiters yes Kelly yes Motion passed. There was a motion made by Houston and seconded by Waiters that the transfer of alcoholic beverage license from Depadro Yacht Basin to Nautical Yacht Basin be passed on first and second reading. Voting as follows : Houston yes Marant yes Thornton yes Waiters yes Kelly yes Motion passed. <t At the public hearing at 8:15 p.m. , Monday, January 15, 1068, there was discussion concerning application for a variance permit for trans- fer of beverage license now issued in the name of A. L. Kotch d/b/a Jon' s Liquor Store, 1017 South Federal Highway, to Robert Wilkenf.eld to premises known as Torch Club at 2204 North Federal Highway. Request was made for a variance to permit such transfer because the existing ordinance of the City of Dania, Floria, generally prohibits the issuance or transfer of an alcoholic beverage license within 1 , 000 feet of any place of business currently licensed to sell alco- holic beverages. Mayor Kelly asked for any objections from the audience. Mr. Brice, a former commissioner, went on record as opposing the granting of this license . Mr. A. J. Ryan, an attorney representing Mr. Wilkenfeld and Mrs . Dawson, owner of building, stated that the vacancy of Mrs . Dawson's building is working a financial hardship on her. ® Other commissioners were opposed to this transfer of license. A motion was made by Houston and seconded by Thornton to grant the variance. Voting as follows: Houston yes Marant no Thornton yes Waiters yes ® Kelly no Motion passed . Commissioner Houston motioned that the transfer of license be approved on the first reading and was seconded by Commissioner ® Thornton. Voting as follows: Houston yes Marant no ® Thornton yes Waiters yes Kelly no Motion passed . An application was brought before the Commission for Charter Boats to be operated from the Royal Palm Marina. Mrs. Kennedy voiceiher- objection to this application. Since no one was at the meeting to represent the charter boat operators , a motion was made by Commis- sioner Houston and seconded by Commissioner Marant that this be tabled . Mrs. Kennedy was asked to be present at the next meeting to give her views on the subject. Voting as follows : Houston yes Marant yes ID Thornton yes Waiters yes Kelly yes Motion passed . (.,�e CT -2- :Y U '4 Air. Robert McDuffy, spokesman for Mount Pleasant Church, requested permission to use property north of W. Memorial Cemetery to hold a carnival for a church benefit , to be held on March 1 through 9 from 6:0%'P.M. to 11:00 P.M. Mayor Kelly s%ggested this matter be turned over to the Chief of Police for investigation before allowing the carnival to come into the City. Mr. Rickmeyer stated he was against this carnival because of the noise. This matter is to come up at Thursday night's meeting. No action was taken. Mr. Walden. asked if there were any questions from the audience. There were none. ! There was a motion by Commissioner Thornton and seconded by Com- missioner Houston that the bills for December be tabled. Voting as follows: Houston yes Marant yes Thornton yes Waiters yes Kelly yes Motion passed. The Utilities Committee met Saturday; afternoon with Commissioners Waiters , Houston, and Mayor Kelly present. It was suggested that two small bills be paid--one to the LaCroix Electric Company for $167 .00 and one to Billy Brooks for $279.50. City Manager Goldberg stated that the bills had not been approved by Mr. Carney but felt Carney would approve them very soon. ® Commissioner Houston made a motion that the two bills be paid and was seconded by Commissioner Waiters. Voting as follows: p Houston yes Marant yes Thornton yes Waiters yes Kelly yes Motion passed. Mr. Halliburton, trust officerof the Dania Bank, stated that a bond issue of over two million dollars was issued for the purpose of building sewers in the City of Dania, with the Dania Bank as trustee. wt He stated that there are three funds : Sewer Construction Fund, ® Sewer Revenue Fund, and Special Assessment Fund. The Special Assess- ment Fund is the sum that is either paid on a one-time basis or over a period of ten years. The Sewer Revenue Fund is the monthly payment on sewers . Under bond resolution, out of the Special Assessment Fund, there is a limitation as to how much money can be spent in a given year to pay on principle and interest. • Under bond resolution, $97,500 is already impressed with the trust for the benefit of the Sinking Fund Reserve Fund , provided by the bond issue , and this amount should be transferred to the Sinking Fund Reserve by February 1. Mr. Halliburton stated that the rest -3- s �i ,T0 0 of the money under the bond resolution is available for finishing 0 the sewer system. The money has to be used to build new construc- tion, and it cannot be used to fix broken lines . Mr. Halliburton further stated that the resolution requires that the proceeds from cigarette taxes and utility taxes be deposited into a separate tax revenue fund. Any balance not required to make up the ® deficiency may then be transferred to the general fund of the City. For the time being, this is to be merely a bookkeeping transaction. Commissioner Marant made a motion that a resolution be passed authorizing the transfer of $97 ,500 from the Sewer Construction Fund to Sinking Fund Reserve Fund , and this was seconded by Com- missioner Waiters. Voting as follows: Houston yes Marant yes ® Thornton yes Waiters yes Kelly yes Motion passed. ® Commissioner Thornton made a motion to transfer to the Trust Account all the utility taxes and cigarette taxes. This was seconded by Commissioner Marant. Voting as follows : ® Houston passed Marant yes Thornton yes Waiters yes Kelly yes ® Motion passed. There was discussion as to sewer assessments of lots on First Avenue. Commissioner Houston motioned that a resolution be drawn and passed that each sewer adjustment be handled individually. This was secon- ded by Commissioner Marant. b Voting as follows : Houston yes Marant yes Thornton yes ® Waiters yes Kelly yes Motion passed. There was mention made that there is question as to whether sewer 0 lines were laid properly and whether the City might have cause for action against the engineer on the job. Mr. Carney had brought irregularities to the attention of the Commission. Concerning the water bill , Commissioner Houston stated that there was a water account which was transferred to a new person at 19 S.W. 12th '® Street; however, there was no deposit on the account, and they people have been moved for about three months. Mayor Kelly brought out that our deposit for utilities (water and sewage) was not large enough. He suggested redrafting the ordinance for the utility deposit. It was brought to the attention of the Commission, that the City has incomplete records as to the number of water closets for each utility account. Mayor Kelly suggested the City Clerk send cards to all utility accounts requesting more complete information for our records. People who do not return the cards would have in- spectors sent to their property for inspection. -4- Him- a Commissioner Houston gave his report on parking meters and Water ® lines. Commissioner Houston defended purchase order made for 400 ' a parking meters , and he personally counted all parking meters in the City and accounted for over 400 meters. The sixty meters which had been ordered were cancelled , by tele- gram,� • gram, through the distributor, Larry E. Thompkins , 1328 14th St. , 4" . O W. Bradenton, Florida. There was an acknowledgement of this n cancellation by Thompkins. i Mayor Kelly saw nothing wrong with the bids or the contract but had questioned Commissioner Houston because Mayor Kelly had re- ceived a phone call from a lady who would not give her name , sayingv. rs O that she knew of meters which had been ordered, paid for, but never ..; received. EEL- Commissioner Houston further defended the 5th Avenue water line, and asked the City Manager to send someone out to the site to un- cover the joints and see the condition of them. O i'vpe A letter had been received from the Board of Health on the trash °4 ... Pit, and Commission Houston asked the City Manager to go over and ; - check out this trash pit that the City has under lease and send the h information to the Board of Health. A copy of the plan and the agreement on the rock pit has been sent to the Health Department r• asking them for permission to use this for trash disposal. Commissioner Houston asked City Manager Goldberg about the test wells. Mr. Goldberg stated that the City Engineer has located a piece of property just east of I-95 which he hopes can be used as a test well . The test well which had been suggested by the O tank site could not be used as it would be too near the septic tanks . This was checked through the Health Department. Commiss oner ton ed pensionifund andsalsoraskedtthathat the contributionnt be recordsdbeon the brought up to date in order that employees leaving employment could have O a refund of their money without any delay. It was requested that Commissioner Waiters take the place of Mr. James Adams , formerly on the Dania Commission, on the Broward County Traffic Association Board. O Commissioner Marant madea motion that the bill from Hosey Construc- tion Company for $8,723.00 be paid, subject to final approval of Mr. Carney. This was seconded by Commissioner Houston. Voting as follows: O Houston Marant yes yes Thornton yea Waiters yes Kelly yes O Motion passed . Broward County Purchasing Department advised the Commission that it is going to be receiving bids for petroleum products January 19, 1968, City Hall, Ft. Lauderdale. City Manager Goldberg stated his intentions to attend this meeting because the City is interested O in participating. Mr. Goldberg also requested that City Attorney Walden be present , if possible. O -5- _w ® Mr. Jack O'Brien requested permission to connect to the water line on Griffin Road and 12th Avenue in order to service a trailer park court which he intends to construct . This area is outside the City limits and therefore requires the Commissions approval. He under- stood that he would pay an additional 25% premium; that he would construct the line himself; that he would obtain the easementse- ® cessary for this line and dedicate them to the City; and that he n would assume the expense of his own engineer. Commissioner Thornton made a motion that Mr. O'Brien be permitted to extend a six inch water line from 12th Avenue along Griffin Road at his own expense. This motion was seconded by Commissioner Houston. ® Voting as follows: Houston yes Marant yes Thornton yes ® Waiters yes Kelly yes Motion passed. The City has been contacted by the County Water Works Department • to determine if the City has any intents to service water to the area east of I-95 and the area between Griffin Road and Stirling Road. City Manager Goldberg pointed out that chairs had been placed in the rear of the room and everyone was comfortably seated. Com- missioner Marant suggested that used soft chairs might be obtained from Hi-Li after the season has ended. Commissioner Houstonffelt that these seats would require maintenance add repairs , and he suggested that the City Manager contact other manufacturerstto see if he could get a Lower cost on benches than from the Federal Mills . ® Commissioner Thornton made a motion that City Manager Goldberg be relieved of his duties . This was seconded by Commissioner Houston. Voting as follows : • Houston yes Marant no Thornton yes Waiters no Kelly no 0 Motion failed. Mayor Kelly asked that there be a special meeting Thursday, and all commissioners agreed to have the meeting Thursday night at 8: 00 P.M. Commissioner Houston asked that Mary Thornhill be invited to app before the Commission at the Thursday meeting to answer to chargesr made against her. Commissioner Waiters suggested the possibility of making City Clerk Auditor into two positions instead of one. City Attorney Walden said the City Charter calls for one person to handle the job of City Clerk Auditor but would investigate this further. Commissioner Waiters further stated that he would like the Commission to approve $1 , 000 for road maintenance and shoulder maintenance throughout the City of Dania. -6- Mmvl2s'- fxY !•;Fj ® Commissioner Houston made a motion that a $600 car allowance be ?: given to the Chief of Police. This motion was seconded by Commis- sioner Marant. t Voting as follows : Houston yes Marant yes Thornton yes > ? : Waiters yes Kelly yes s"=;< Motion passed. xx ; The Commission received a letter from the Mayor of Plantation con- _,,, corning Sunrise Golf Villages, and the Commission agreed unanimously not to take sides in this issue. ie74d::� ' • It was noted that Lt. Jones , who was acting Police Chief for a id rr; of approximately two months, did not receive any compensation forrhis added responsibility. �s Commissioner Thornton made a motion that Lt. Jones be given at least - $200 for the additional responsibility as Acting Police Chief. This • was seconded by Commissioner Marant. Voting as follows: M1� J Houston no "v Marant y es rd • Thornton yes 'k Waiters yes Kelly yes r Motion passed. ` • Commissioner Waiters stated that he would like to see comparative studies between other cities on payroll and submit results to Civil Service Board so it will have something to work with. Joe Roche , an employee of the Recreation Department, was present at the meeting and insisted that the commissioners answer his • charges as he had stated in his letter of resignation, and the letter was examined paragraph by paragraph. It was decided that his resignation should be held in abeyance until the Director of the Recreation Department could be present to answer his charges. There being no further business , the meeting was adjourned. • Robert Kelly, Mayor Jean Moore, Acting City Clerk O • • -7-